As you saw earlier this week, I like to report on Best Books, lists, so when I saw that the Apple Books twitter account had tweeted a link to their...Continue reading
Category: Apple
Apple is Turning the Screws on App Developers, Including Your Favorite eBook Apps
For the past 9 or so years app developers have had a quasi-truce with Apple. So long as the developer didn’t sell anything inside the app (or even hint that...Continue reading
Apple is Discontinuing iBooks Author on 1 July
Apple sent out an email yesterday to iBooks Author users, informing them that the nine-year-old macOS app will be discontinued on 1 July, and removed from the App Store. From...Continue reading
Apple Launched a Publishing Portal for Book Authors – And You Don’t Need a Mac to Use It!
Apple still doesn’t care if you want to read an ebook you buy from them on non-Apple hardware, but they have finally launched a publishing portal that anyone can access...Continue reading
Apple Touts New Apple Books Features (in iOS 13?)
Apple sent out an email on Saturday touting new features in the Apple Apple Books app, but it’s not clear that they have updated the app itself (the last update...Continue reading
Apple Books to Get “Reading Goals” Feature
Yesterday Apple announced changes to the iPad’s OS that will positively affect how you can use the iPad to create. That was cool, but it’s not the only thing worth...Continue reading
With the Launch of iPadOS, Apple Finally Starts to Un-Hobble the iPad
For the longest time now users have complained that software on the iPad was crippled compared to macOS or Windows while at the same time Apple has insisted the iPad...Continue reading
Apple is Killing iTunes – When’s the Parade?
Right up until Apple started screwing up the Macbook, iTunes was everyone’s favorite go-to example of how Apple makes terrible product decisions. That app was a bloated mess which at...Continue reading
Apple News+! Was “Made By Someone Who Doesn’t Read”
Digital magazines are not a new concept. They have been around since the first tech bubble (if not longer). Furthermore, Apple’s recently acquired subsidiary Texture has a decade of experience...Continue reading
Oprah to Launch New Book Club on Apple’s Apple TV Plus!
The tail end of Apple’s launch event for its new Apple TV Plus! service included an announcement that might be of interest to readers. It seems the partnership that Apple...Continue reading
iPad Mini (2019) Features Pencil Support, A12 Bionic CPU, Costs $399 and Up
On Monday Apple announced the 5th-gen iPad Mini. The 2019 received a much needed specs boost; it now runs on the same A12 Bionic chip found in the new iPad...Continue reading
Apple’s New iPad Air Costs $499, Sports a 10.5″ Screen
Apple disappointed analysts in their recent quarterly report, and today they responded in their usual fashion. They launched a new tablet model. The new iPad Air is a 10.5″ tablet...Continue reading
Artists Perform in Apple Stores, Get Paid in Merchandise
The following story is going to incite rage in certain circles. KQED reports that Apple doesn’t pay artists that perform in its stores. Instead, it gives them AirPods. For a...Continue reading
How to Add Books to Your iPad and iPhone Without Connecting to iTunes
Adding third-party ebooks to Apple Books or one of the other ebook apps on your iDevice used to be quite painful. You had to use one of Apple’s proprietary cables...Continue reading
iPod Touch References Found in Apple Source Code – What, Again?
The hot Apple story this week is speculation that Apple might release a new iPod Tuch to replace the four-year-old model. From TechRadar: If newly unearthed code in iOS 12.2...Continue reading